What plants grow well in direct sunlight on porch?
What is the best plant for a hot sunny porch? Include plants that will thrive in heat and sun, with long-lasting flowers or colorful foliage. These include petunias, coneflower, hibiscus, verbena and angelonia. Find more on how to grow verbena in pots and hanging baskets. Include plants that will thrive in heat and sun, with long-lasting flowers or colorful foliage. These include petunias, coneflower, hibiscus, verbena and angelonia. Find more on how to grow verbena in pots and hanging baskets.
What are hardy flowering perennials for pots UK?
Some of the best varieties for growing in containers are achillea, agapanthus, allium, aquilegia, aster, Astrantia, bergenia, bellflowers, crocosmia, echinacea, geraniums and daylilies. Sun loving coleus and bronze leafed wax begonias may work. Just keep the soil moist. Purple Heart (Setcreasea purpurea), pentas, and four o’clocks are other annuals to consider. For perennials try dwarf Mexican petunia (Ruellia), lilyturf, daylilies, and speedwell (Veronica).There are even herbaceous perennials that will look great in containers in autumn and winter – either from their foliage or their autumnal flowers. Go for the following: Heuchera, Hylotelephium (sedums), Japanese anemones, Liriope muscari, Persicaria (red bistort) and Symphyotrichum (asters, Michaelmas daisies).Best perennials for containers: Hostas – great for shade. Bellflower – eye-catching flowers. Lavender – drought-tolerant and fragrant.